Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-09-04


eating and drinking. thoee perennial JOYS
OF huRanisy, whoa :a<t from the iDfGntlne
pap to the senile Rsysienta Arahica, were
taken sway
All things tasted alike. - / have said,
and cold muttCo fOrrsed Ey staple dish
As 1 could only distinguish betseen beer,
wine, coffee and tsa By the look drank
water. III ventured, which was seldom
to take my dinner st cook shop, ! would
choose my piece de resistance BY the look,
By some faDeied grace in the shape, but
not by tsste or smell The br0su O. roast
beef might attract me one day and repel
me the next ] was pleased with the
COMBINES Of game pie, OF tickled By
some inexplieable external charm Of beei-
steak padding. But three quarters Of my
life were gone, and with them all my hap
pines
II you have 10 appetite for eating. you
can enjoy nothing in the whole world.
That i an axiom could not taste, there
tore nv eve ceased to feel delight In
pleasant sights, and my ear IN pleasant
sounds II was not with me a. in The case
Of q blind man, that an abnormal develop
ment Of some other sense ensued; quite the
CONTRARY. In selling one, seem 10 have
sold them all For, as / discovered, man
is one and inseparable; sou cannot split
him up; and when my arch deeeiyeT
bought me out and out 4 wine merchant
might a well pretend to sell the bouquet
Of ciaret and preserve the body Or painter
the color Of his picture and preserve the
drawing; or sculptor the grace OF Ms
group and keep the marble
As regards other Losses, found l bad
Loaf the perception Of beauty in form or
color. Why this Was 30 ! cannot explain
l was no longer, / suppose, in harmony
with Other men Oh any single point Pref
ty women passed me UNDECIDED; pct
had no charm for me; music Was only II
ritating 10 my nerves
Then found that had lost the power
Of sympathy. had formerly been soft
hearted man. / remarked DOW that the
sight Of suffering found me entirely eaIlous-
There was poor family about bali q mile
from me whose Acquaintance / made
through buying some Of my supplies Oh
them. They were in distress tor rent;
they applied to ne-there cannot be1r 70
think OF it had the money and refused
them. They were sold up, and sat al
nv door and watched them on their way
TO London-the mother, the two girls, the
little boy, hand in hand, homeless and
pennies. without q psDg and without
single prompting Of the heart TO help them.
God knows what became OF them MAY be
forgive me for the hard hearted cruelty
with which regarded their tate
Had /, then. sold everything TO this
MANI
had been pretty religions in way
Young mans way. Now l had lost all re-
igious feeling whatever had once sm-
bition and hopes, these were gone; 1 had
once the capacity Of love, that was gone;
had once 3 generous heart, that WAS gone;
| once loved things worth loving felt no
emotion DOW for anything. Twas machine
which could feel. was q man with the
humanity taken out Of him
This time lasted for about four months.
On the first OF each month went TO receive
nv pay-the wages of sin-from the clerk,
who surveyed me critically, but said
nothing till the morning Of the fourth
month. Then, while he handed me my
money. he whispered confdentiaDy across
the table.
'sLook here. old fellow, you know;
you're going il worse than poor Tom
Kirby. Why don't you stop it: What Is
the good Of fsller's drinking himself TO
DEATH The old gentleman was here yes
terday. asking me how you looked, and Il
you continued steady. Pull up, old man,
and knock il of -
took the money in nv trembling hands
and skunk away abashed. When got
home again am not ashamed to say that
cried like a child.
Delirium tremens! That would begin
soon, and then the end would not be far
OF. II was too awful. Think of INV po-
sition. / was but four and twenty. Not
only was deprived Of the pleasure-mind
you, a very real pleasure-Of eating and
drinking; was the most temperate man
in the world, though that was no great
credit to myself, considering; and yet
bore in my face and my appearance, and
felt in ms very brain, all the marks and
signs OF confirmed drunknnesS and the
very hopelessness OF it That hardened
old yoluptuary, that demon OF gluttOny,
that secret murderer, would have no pity.
He must have felt, by the falling Off OF the
splendid appetite which he was doing his
utmost to ruin, hat things weIe getting
worse. and be was resolved had suspect
ed this for some time-to kill me on ny
drinking me to death.
believe / should have been dead in an
other week bnt for blessed respite, due,
afterward discovered, to my demon being
laid up with 80 violent sore throat that
be could not even swallow. What was my
Joy al Icing able TO 60 TO bed sober, to
wake without headache, to feel my bad
symptoms slowly disappearing, TO recover
my nerves, For q whole fortnight / wa;
happy happy that even believed the
improvement would last and that the old
man was penitent. One day, after four
teen days OF yeritable earthly paradise,
was walking along the StraDd-for / was
no longer afraid Of yenturing out-and met
my old manager, Juliet's father. Ht
greeted Inc with a warmth that was quite
touching under all the circumstances
My dear boy, have been longing TO know
your whereabouts. Come and tell me al
about it. Have you dined? Let US have
some dinner together"
Iexcused myself and asked after Juliet
Juliet is but 50 50. All, do you know
Luctaft, sometimes / think ! did WRONG
to part you. And yet, you know, you haC
no money. Make some, my boy, and CONS
hack 10 Us"
This was hearty. forgot my trouble:
and my state of bondage, and everything
except Juliet.
I'LL have money" said. Il hav'
come into little money unexpectedly"
Have you" he replied, claspiDg me BY
the hand. Then come down and Sc
Juliet. Or-stay; no. The day after to
morrow is Juliet's ben. We are playiDI
at Richmond. We have one OF your Owl
parts-you shall be Sir Harry Wildair.
will alter the bills. You are sure to Gomez
''Sure to come" said with animation
Capital! know every line in the part
Tell Juliet an old friend viii act viii
her 4"
We made a few new arrangements and
parted. I bought a CODY Of the play a